{"id":13534,"date":"2013-03-01T14:05:51","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T21:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=13534"},"modified":"2013-03-05T16:07:25","modified_gmt":"2013-03-05T23:07:25","slug":"nau-awaits-official-word-on-cardinals-summer-training-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/nau-awaits-official-word-on-cardinals-summer-training-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"NAU awaits official word on Cardinals summer training camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_13549\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13549\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13549  \" alt=\"Crowds line Cardinals practice field\" src=\"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/crowds.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2013\/03\/crowds.jpg 500w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2013\/03\/crowds-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13549\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Record crowds lined NAU&#8217;s practice fields at the 2012 Cardinals Red &amp; White scrimmage. This up-close fan experience is partly why <em>Sports Illustrated&#8217;s<\/em> Peter King named NAU the second best training site in the NFL in 2012. Photo by Steve Shaff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Northern Arizona University is awaiting a decision by the Arizona Cardinals on the location of their 2013 summer training camp amid reports the team may be relocating to Glendale.<\/p>\n<p>Cardinals President Michael Bidwill told an audience at Glendale Mayor Jerry Weiers\u2019 State of the City address on Thursday that the team is close to a deal that would relocate its camp to University of Phoenix Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Northern Arizona University, in partnership with Flagstaff, made an extraordinary offer and worked diligently to negotiate with the team,\u201d said NAU President <strong>John Haeger<\/strong>. \u201cWe expect to receive official notice from the team at any time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Haeger said the proposal\u2014prepared with the city of Flagstaff, the Economic Collaborative of Northern Arizona and Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce\u2014kept the Cardinals rates flat for housing, food and other incidentals, carrying over prices from its 2009-12 contract.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are committed to offering the same high level of service to the Cardinals and their fans and being a part of one of the team\u2019s longest-standing traditions since it moved to Arizona,\u201d Haeger said. \u201cIf the team announces it will not return, the university will immediately begin planning other uses for our facilities that assure both revenue for the community and support for our academic mission.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/nau-awaits-official-word-on-cardinals-summer-training-camp\/\">Northern Arizona University is awaiting a decision by the Arizona Cardinals on the location of their 2013 summer training camp amid reports the team may be relocating to Glendale. Cardinals President Michael Bidwill told an audience at Glendale Mayor Jerry Weiers\u2019 State of the City address on Thursday that the team is close to a&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":13606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-community"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}